Diamond Cutting Course

Diamond Cutting Course

 

Diamond Cutting is a highly specialized craft 

The Diamond Cutting Course tuition cost includes all practice diamonds and equipment, ensuring that there are no hidden or additional costs for students. The comprehensive program offers a firm foundation in self-employment by combining three programs. These programs cover various aspects of diamond cutting, including round brilliants, fancy cutting, sawing, bruting, recutting, and repairing. Additionally, students will learn finished diamond grading and rough diamond grading.

The Diamond School is personalized to each individual student, guaranteeing the best learning experience. If you would like more information, please visit our website or consult our catalog, which is available for download. Acquiring the art of diamond cutting opens up employment opportunities at various levels in the jewelry and diamond industry.

A. PROGRAM OBJECTIVES
To introduce the beginner student to the art of diamond cutting, a basic knowledge of its history, optical and physical properties, and crystalline forms.
To teach the student how to block, brillianteer , and saw diamonds emphasizing theory, application, and practice.
To develop the student to a level where they will be capable of cutting a well made brilliant from the bruted (rounded) state to the finished product without supervision or assistance.
B. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
1. How to look for and identify the grain in a sawed (four point) diamond.

2. How to look for and identify the crystal symmetry, axis, form, and habit of diamond crystals.

3. How to use the 10X cutters loupe, crown and pavilion gauges, girdle marker.

4. How to use both the mechanical and semi-automatic tangs and dops for cutting and polishing.

5. How to use the loupe to identify inclusions and determine the practicability of their removal in elementary procedures.

6. Learning the difference in brilliance as a result of proportions and the qualities required for a well cut diamond.

7. How to block a diamond, i.e. put it in eight-square, both crown and pavilion.

8. How to cut crown facets on angle and equidistant from table to girdle, how to measure a table for percentage size.

9. How to make all mains on crown into a perfect square of 90 degrees, by eye evaluation, and make the in-between facets (bezels).

10. How to cut the pavilion mains and its in-between facets on angle and how to match them to the top crown mains.

11. Knowledge of the critical angle for both crown and pavilion and variation of table size for maximum brilliance.

12. How to make a culet.

13. How to brillianteer a diamond, i.e. putting the 40 remaining facets on both crown and pavilion.

14. How to calculate the finished weight of a cut diamond to within a few points from the rough before even attempting to cut.

15. How to judge and what to look for in determining a fine made round brilliant diamond.

16. Techniques on maintenance and balancing of all cutting equipment to ensure top performance for a high standard of work.

17. Methods used to prepare and charge a diamond wheel and how to maintain optimum cutting and polishing surfaces.

18. How to mount and set diamonds in various pots.

C. PROGRAM COMPLETION STANDARDS
Each student will be assigned specific tasks for completion without supervision or assistance and a final passing evaluation grade will be given.
The student must demonstrate that they are able to cut a round brilliant from a sawed and bruted state to the finished product.
The student must demonstrate that they are capable of doing minor repairs to a broken (4 point) diamond with satisfactory results.
A certificate will be awarded to those students who successfully complete the prescribed program.=